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THE STANCLIFT FAMILY of BATH COUNTY, KENTUCKY
THE CHARLES WHITTINGTON Jr. FAMILY OF BATH COUNTY, KENTUCKY
There can be little doubt that the first Stanclift settler in Montgomery County, KY was either the youngest son of William Stanclift(1) of Portland, CT or one of William's grandsons(2) and therefore belongs in the third or fourth generation. The spelling "Stanclift" was not used by the Stancliff family in England, and is unique with James1 Stanclift of East Middletown, CT and his descendants. Although some of the descendants of James1 Stanclift, adopted the spelling "Stancliff" and "Stancliffe" after the American Revolution, no case has been found where the reverse is true.
Though he may not be the first man named Stanclift to arrive in the area, the first
Stanclift to appear in the records of Kentucky was Joseph C. Stanclift. According to the
Kentucky Census records of 1810, 1820 and 1830 Joseph was born between 1770 and 1775.
Because of his age Joseph has been placed here in the fourth generation, but may well
belong in the fifth generation.
GENERATION SIX
SUSANNAH6 STANCLIFT (James C.5, Joseph4,
____3, William2, James1)
Daughter of James C. and Susannah [Smith] Moore Stanclift born Licking River, Bath County, KY Apr. 9, 1833, died Bath County, KY Aug. 10, 1888, married Owingsville, Bath County, KY by Senate McCormick(3) on Sept. 23, 1852 to CHARLES WHITTINGTON JR(4) son of Charles and Hester "Hetty" [Warner] Whittington born Owingsville, Bath County, KY Sept. 5, 1826. Charles Whittington Sr(5) lived in Owingsville in 1820(6) and 1830(7) and East of Slate Creek in 1840 near James C. Stanclift and Jeremiah Proctor(8). By 1850 Charles Whittington Jr was living in Owingsville with the family of William M. and Gillian [Cheatham] Ragland and Charles was working as a Clerk(9). Mr. Ragland was a wealthy Lawyer and Merchant and perhaps Charles worked for him at this date. By 1870 Charles and Susannah were living near Owingsville, KY their Post Office was in Marshall, KY about 6 miles South East of the town of Owingsville. With them at this date were children Mary, Lewis, Hester A., James, Isaac and Jacob(10). They lived next door to Charles' first cousin, Warren Warner, son of Jonas Warner.
CHILDREN: Charles and Susannah [Stanclift] Whittington(11)
1. WILLIAM WHITTINGTON born Sept. 22, 1853, died Nov. 1, 1854, buried Warner Cemetery, Owingsville, Bath County, KY. This Cemetery was the family Cemetery of several children of Jonas Warner who was a brother of Hetty [Warner] Whittington.
2. MARY SUSAN WHITTINGTON born Owingsville, Bath County, KY Feb. 5, 1855, died Sept. 25, 1886, married JOHN JONES
3. CHARLES LEWIS WHITTINGTON born Owingsville, Bath County, KY Nov. 3, 1856, died Reading, Osage County, KS Dec. 29, 1934, buried Lincoln Cemetery, Lebo, Coffee County, KS, married Bath County, KY Sep. 20, 1885 MARGARET ALICE JONES born Feb. 8, 1867 Bath County, KY, died Reading, Osage County, KS May 27, 1935, buried Lincoln Cemetery, Lebo, Coffee County, KS.
4. HESTER ANNE WHITTINGTON born KY Jul. 28, 1860, died Jul. 6, 1884, married Bath County, KY Jun. 28, 1876 WILLIAM L. RICE born 1854 Owingville, KY
5. JAMES L. WHITTINGTON born Owingsville, Bath County, KY Aug. 20, 1862, married Bath County, KY Aug. 26, 1888, at the home of her parents, LUCY MCCARTY daughter of William and Marcelite [Staton] McCarty born Bath County, KY Apr. 20, 1870.
6. THOMAS R. WHITTINGTON born White Sulphur Precinct, Bath County, KY Aug. 10, 1864, died Bath County Jun. 6, 1946, buried Forge Hill Cemetery, Bath County, KY, married Bath County, KY Feb. 9, 1890 MARTHA T. WILLIAMS "Mattie".
7. ISAAC WHITTINGTON born White Sulphur Precinct, Bath County, KY Jun. 14, 1867, died Bath County, KY Mar. 2, 1915.
8. JACOB ALLEN WHITTINGTON born White Sulphur Precinct, Bath County, KY Sept. 8, 1869, died Danville, Vermilion County, IL Sept. 22, 1965, married Danville, Vermilion County, IL Nov. 23, 1898 LENNIE JOHNSON.
9. JOHN S. WHITTINGTON born Wyoming Precinct, Bath County, KY Sept. 3, 1877, died Fairmount, Vermilion County, IL Jan. 5, 1969, married LULU ____.(12)
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Footnotes:
1. .All of the sons of William's only brother, James Stanclift, have been accounted for.
2. .Several of the sons of William appeared in the Connecticut records at the time of birth only, and then disappeared from the records. William's son, (15) Joseph born 1739, married, had a family, and disappeared from Connecticut records before 1790. William's grandson, (43) Joseph born 1758 son of Josiah, disappeared during the Revolutionary War. William's eldest son, James, had children born between 1763 and 1769 in an area of Connecticut where births were not yet recorded, providing another possible origin for Joseph. In addition James' wife was named Mary Lewis. They are known to have had a son born in that time named Lewis, the first known occurrence of that name in the Stanclift family. All are candidates for the first man in Kentucky.
3. .There was a Reuben W. and a Samuel L. McCormick listed under those who performed marriages. Samuel L. McCormick was further designated as an Elder in the Church of Christ.
4. .Bath County, KY Vital Statistics, Class F. Reel 2, Kenton County, KY Library. Charles age 27 at time of marriage. This is an unindexed document dealing with Births 1852-59, 1875, 1876, 1878, Deaths 1852, 1854-59, 1875-78, 1901 and Marriages 1852-59, 1875-78.
5. .There are marriage records in Bath County for a Charles Whittington to Mrs. Hetty Lonsdale/Saundale on Nov. 10, 1822, bond Dec. 9, 1821 William Sudduth bondsman, another for Charles Whittington who married Bath County Apr. 21, 1836 Susan Tindell, bond same day Thomas D. Owings bondsman.
6. .KY 1820 CENSUS; BATH COUNTY, KENTUCKY 1820-1840 CENSUSES transcribed by Rowena Lawson, Heritage Books, Inc 1986 page 6, Charles Whittington Sr. had in his family what appears to be an older brother of Charles born between 1804 and 1810, and was probably John Whittington born 1805 and living Bath County in 1860.
7. .ibid page 23, KY 1830 CENSUS, Charles Whittington born 1770-1780
8. .KY 1840 CENSUS, page 235
9. .KY 1850 CENSUS, Bath County, Microfilm Reel #191, 2nd Division, Enumerated July 19, 1850
Dwelling 42, Family 42.
10. .KY 1870 CENSUS, Bath County, P.O. Marshall, Jun. 17, 1870, Dwelling 252, Family 252
11. .Exact dates of birth and death records from Research of Vernon "Pete" Bailey of Indianapolis, IN.
12. .Marriage to Lulu found in the LDS Ancestral File.
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